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          Like a Fish in the Water, 2024 - Terence Maluleke
          Mbare Opera, 2024 - Wycliffe Mundopa
          Methods of Flight - Southern Guild Los Angeles 2024
          iMvelpahi 2024 - Chuma Maweni
          These Four Walls, 2024 - Ayotunde Ojo

          Like a Fish in the Water

          Terence Maluleke

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          Mbare Opera

          Wycliffe Mundopa

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          Methods of Flight

          Amanda Shingirai Mushate | Grace Nyahangare

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          iMvelaphi

          Chuma Maweni

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          These Four Walls

          Ayotunde Ojo

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          Current Exhibition

          Current Exhibition

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          Current Exhibition

          Current Exhibition

          21 Nov - 1 Feb 2025

          21 Nov - 1 Feb 2025

          21 Nov - 1 Feb 2025

          14 Nov - 27 Feb 2025

          14 Nov - 27 Feb 2025

          Los Angeles United States

          Los Angeles United States

          Los Angeles United States

          Cape Town South Africa

          Cape Town South Africa

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          Based in Cape Town and Los Angeles, Southern Guild represents contemporary artists from Africa and its diaspora, furthering the continent’s contribution to global art movements.

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          iMvelpahi 2024 - Chuma Maweni
          iMvelaphi

          Chuma Maweni

          Cape Town 14 Nov - 27 Feb 2025

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          These Four Walls, 2024 - Ayotunde Ojo
          These Four Walls

          Ayotunde Ojo

          Cape Town 14 Nov - 27 Feb 2025

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          Methods of Flight - Southern Guild Los Angeles 2024
          Methods of Flight

          Amanda Shingirai Mushate | Grace Nyahangare

          Los Angeles 21 Nov - 1 Feb 2025

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          Like a Fish in the Water, 2024 - Terence Maluleke
          Like a Fish in the Water

          Terence Maluleke

          Los Angeles 21 Nov - 1 Feb 2025

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          Mbare Opera, 2024 - Wycliffe Mundopa
          Mbare Opera

          Wycliffe Mundopa

          Los Angeles 21 Nov - 1 Feb 2025

          Upcoming
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          Manyaku Mashilo, 2024
          The Laying of Hands

          Manyaku Mashilo

          Los Angeles 13 Feb - 3 May 2025

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          Lafia and Coumba - Cheick Diallo
          Taama

          Cheick Diallo

          Los Angeles 13 Feb - 3 May 2025

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          Zanele Muholi at Southern Guild Los Angeles 2024
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          Zanele Muholi awarded artist residency at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
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          Zanele Muholi - Faces and Phases 2024, London
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          Upcoming panel discussion: ‘Art in Focus: Zanele Muholi at Tate Modern and Frieze Sculpture’
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          Southern Guild in ‘Liberatory Living: Protective Interiors and Radical Black Joy’ at MoAD, San Francisco
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          Southern Guild artists in ‘Liberatory Living: Protective Interiors and Radical Black Joy’ at MoAD, San Francisco
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          Zizipho Poswa JCAF Knowledge Talks - Homage Through Clay
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          LISTEN: Zizipho Poswa in conversation with Ashraf Jamal for JCAF Knowledge Talks
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          By Design, 2024 - Denver Art Museum
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          Diallo and Dyalvane in ‘By Design: Stories and Ideas Behind Objects’ at the Denver Art Museum
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          ANNA Award 2024 - Xanthe Somers
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          Ceramicist Xanthe Somers wins Latitudes Online’s ANNA Award 2024
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          Southern Guild Opens in Los Angeles

          22 Feb 2024

          Press
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          South African artists Zanele Muholi and Zizipho Poswa bring powerful artworks to Frieze Sculpture in London

          Daily Maverick, October 2024

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          Zanele Muholi - visual activist and artist
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          Southern Guild’s Path to Becoming a Global Platform for African Artists

          Artsy, September 2024

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          Trevyn and Julian McGowan at Southern Guild Los Angeles, 2024
          Sisonke Papu, GUILD Residency 2023
          GUILD Residency

          Based in Cape Town, our residency programme is open to artists from around the world who want to engage with an African context.

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